*The Iphone 7 and 7 plus are going to be launched in India on October 7.
*Both are water and dust resistant.
*New 12 Megapixel camera sensor with new Image signal processor.
*Base storage increased to 32GB
*Pricing starts at $649 for the iphone 7
The new Iphone 7 has been launched, keeping in line with what everyone has been expecting. Here are the features of the iphone 7 and iphone 7 plus in a nutshell.
The Iphone 7 & Iphone 7 plus come to life with a new 64 bit A10 fusion chipset The cameras in two phones feature a 12 Megapixel sensor with four colour true tone flash. The IPhone 7 plus will feature dual cameras that function as one camera –having both wide and telephoto lens to get more details from each photo.
There is also a new photo mode called called portrait mode to create depth of field effect for portraits using depth mapping, which will come out as a software update to the Iphone 7 plus later this year.
The screen has been updated to Retina HD display which will be able to reproduce 25% more colour than the previous generation displays with the display sizes remaining the same at 4.7 inches on the Iphone 7 and 5.5 inch display on the 7 plus.
Both these phones will feature a non-mechanical home button with taptic feedback (force touch) which have been tried on its Macbook range.
It features stereo speakers on the top and bottom of the phone and as most people expected, Apple has dropped the 3.5 mm audio jack in favour of a lightning port based audio interface for headphones with a lightning port based dongle which will be shipped along with the device for connecting up ordinary headphones.
The Iphone 7 will be available in five colours - jet black (in high gloss finish), black, gold, silver and rose gold besides featuring a rounded aluminum design with IP67 water proof rating.
Apple also launched Wireless airpods headsets which will allow wireless audio streaming through a new W1 wireless chipset set to feature in both the airpods as well as the new beats Solo 3 headphones.
Onto the pricing, the iPhone 7 will be around $649 (approximately Rs 44,000) for the Iphone 7 and $769 (approximately Rs 52,000) for the Iphone 7 plus (32 GB), with preorders starting September 9 and sales starting September 16 with US being among the first countries to receive it. The Indian launch is set for exactly one month from now, on October 7 with the Indian pricing costing upwards of Rs 50,000 going by previous flagship launches in the country.
Other news from apple:
*Storage to be expanded across the range including Iphone 6s and 6s plus with them getting a 32GB variant too for the base model.
*iOS 10 to be available from September 13
Product highlights from #appleevent
1. Apple music reaches 17 Million subscribers.
2. 140 billion apps downloaded from app store
3. Apple ties up with Nintendo for Mario Run game in Apple app store and Mario emoticons in iMessages.
4. Apple to create a program to allow anyone to learn coding through swift playgrounds, a learning platform.
5. 4,500 IMacs and Macbook pros for teachers and 50,000 Ipads to be given to students.
6. Update to watchOS 3.
7. New Apple Watch2 starting at $349 with new chipset and display with water resistance up to 50 metres.
8. Partnership with Nike for a smartwatch for runners-Apple watch Nike Plus.